 | Shadow Archives: The Lifecycles of African American Literature Subjects: American literature -- African American authors -- History and critcism; American literature -- 20th century -- Information resources; American literature -- 20th century -- Research -- Methodology; African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; Shadow Archives brings to life a slew of newly discovered texts to tell the stories of black special collections and their struggle for institutional recognition. Jean-Christophe Cloutier offers revelatory readings of major African American writers and provides a nuanced view of how archives shape literary history. Jean-Christophe Cloutier is assistant professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. He is coeditor of Claude McKay's Amiable with Big Teeth (2017) and editor of the original French writings of Jack Kerouac, La vie est d'hommage (2016). |
